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Polyphase vs Multistage - What's the difference?

polyphase | multistage |

As adjectives the difference between polyphase and multistage

is that polyphase is of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase while multistage is having more than one step, phase or piece.

polyphase

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (electricity) Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase
  • (physics) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter

    • Derived terms

    * polyphase circuit * polyphase coil * polyphase matrix * polyphase meter * polyphase quadrature filter * polyphase rectifier * polyphase synchronous generator * polyphase system * polyphase transformer * polyphase wattmeter

    multistage

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having more than one step, phase or piece.
    • The multistage rocket dropped off its first stage successfully rather than carrying the extra weight higher.